Structural Timber Theatre - Masterclasses
Timber is fundamentally important to offsite construction and is one of the leading mainstream, renewable and low-carbon building materials. Structural timber has advanced in recent years to become a popular way to construct all types of buildings. Throughout this session, you will hear our industry experts present on several engineered solid wood systems
Day 1 - 05/03/2019
Session 1: Housing
This Housing
Chaired by: Christiane Lellig, Wood for Good
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Valerie Owen Swan Housing Group |
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Stewart Dalgarno Stewart Milne Timber Systems |
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Wayne Yeomans B&K Structures |
Session 2: Education
The Education session creates a platform for construction clients, architects, engineers and contractors to come together and discuss the latest offsite solutions across the education sector.
Chaired by:Richard Crosby, Director - Blacc Consulting
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Paul Younger Hewitt Studios |
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Toby Eckersley O'Callaghan |
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Maria Joao Reis Maccreanor Lavington |
Session 3: Education
The Education session creates a platform for construction clients, architects, engineers and contractors to come together and discuss the latest offsite solutions across the education sector.
Chaired by: Richard Crosby, Director - Blacc Consulting
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Patrick Usborne dRMM Architects |
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Kay Hartmann KLH UK |
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Peter Blunt Innovare Systems |
Session 4: Invitation Only Session by the Structural Timber Association
Day 2 - 06/03/2019
Session 5: Housing
This Housing
Chaired by: Nick Milestone, TRADA
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Alex Lynes & Maria Smith Webb Yates |
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Auram Desforges Elliott Wood |
Session 6: Housing - Custom and Self Build
This session will explore the best custom-built properties on an individual or small community basis. The case studies will focus on buildings that comprise of timber in a fundamental structural way – timber frame, SIPS or solid wood – and display high levels of technical skill, using timber effectively as an aesthetic, sustainable, energy efficient and reliable way to build a ‘dream home’.
Chaired by: Christiane Lellig - Wood for Good
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Simon Orrells Frame Technologies |
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Bill Treves Streif UK |
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Bryan Woodley Val-U-Therm |
Session 7: Commercial
This session aims to showcase the best examples of how the industry experts have helped clients to achieve their corporate vision, whilst demonstrating how cost-predictability, economy, accuracy, transportability,
Chaired by: Darren Richards, Managing Director - Cogent Consulting
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Kelly Harrison Heyne Tillett Steel |
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Tom Westwood Waugh Thistleton |
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John Spittle Wiehag GmbH |
Session 8: Policy
Chaired by: Helen Hewitt, CEO - BWF
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Andrew Carpenter Structural Timber Association |
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Tim Snelson Arup |
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Nic Clark KLH UK |
Day 3 - 07/03/2019
Session 9: Housing
This Housing
Chaired by: Andrew Carpenter, CEO - Structural Timber Association
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Eoin McCooey & Gareth Mason Eurban & Stora Enso |
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Fergus Knox Knox Bhavan Architects |
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Gavin White Ramboll |
Session 10: Retail and Leisure
This session aims to explore how the application of offsite construction has delivered sustainable, energy efficient and cost-effective contemporary buildings that meet the brief of not only the client, but the increasingly demanding consumers.
Chaired by: Andrew Carpenter, CEO - Structural Timber Association
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Marco Rotho Blaas |
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Wayne Yeomans B&K Structures |
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Andrew Howe Heyne Tillett Steel |